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Gopher Extermination Monrovia

Gopher Pest Removal in Monrovia, CA

If moles or gophers are causing damage to your Monrovia landscape and you need Gopher Extermination service call Rodent Guys to rescue your landscape. Our Gopher Extermination service in Monrovia, CA is available with pet friendly methods by well trained trappers. Call us at 909-599-4711 to service Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties.

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Any gopher control Monrovia Ca needs is from the pocket gopher which is the same as a gopher. Almost all damages will be to new plants as they are young, un-established and it also will not take much gnawing for the gopher to destroy or feed on it. Grass can also be exceptionally impacted by gophers with damage from both the consuming from the turf and also the dirt shoved at the top as well as residing on top of the turf which smothers it.

Big trees could take nibbling for a while so don’t worry. Smaller trees could very well be destroyed because of a gopher quickly simply because the roots supplying the life for your tree are young. You will see certain limbs of trees or bushes continue to die out when ever gophers are harming them. This is caused by the roots supplying life to that section of the plant is harmed or destroyed because of the gopher and no longer providing life for that part of the plant that you are raising.

How Do I Know if I need service?

Gopher mounds with exit hole

Gopher Mound

Pocket gopher burrows are normally stuffed wth dirt like in the picture above. This helps to differentiate them from other tunneling rodents like voles. They can create 1-3 mounds a day which is why you want to eliminate gophers immediately on your landscape. Gopher removal (not gofer removal ) is usually done by a gopher specialist pest control company with background in how to eradicate gophers for your house. Always make sure they have an agriculture pest control license as required by California state law in and not just a structural license.

Destruction and reasons we need Removal

Gophers consume plants, roots of trees, flowers and vegetables on your lawn – if it’s a plant they probably will eatwll consume|like} it. Most damage is to new plants because they are young, un-established and it doesn’tdoes not} take much for a gopher to destroy or eat it. Lawn is also very effected by gophers with damage from both the eating of the grass and the soil pushed on top and staying on the grass which kills it.

Mature trees can take gnawing for a little bit so not to panic. Smaller trees can be destroyed by a gopher in a short time because the root system supplying the life to the tree are young. You will notice certain branches of trees or bushes begin to die off when gophers are attacking it. This is caused by the roots supplying that part of the plant is damaged or killed by the gopher and no longer supplying life to that part of the plant you are growing in.

The common control methods for gopher extermination are burrow fumigants, baiting, burrow blasting, Tunnel Fill, and trapping. Trapping, Tunnel Fill and baiting are options that a home owner can use with limited success. Burrow Blasting is normally operated by a company serious about gophers (we use a Varmint Getter for burrow blasting) because of the expense of the machine.

Burrow fumigants are very useful but are restricted materials in, only available to and used by licensed pros like us. Burrow fumigants are not the same as the flares from the Lowes which are seldom successful.

Poison baits available to agriculture pest control professionals are much higher strength and effective than what is available to a homeowner. The main reason to hire a gopher expert is the experience of what technique to use for each situation and proper placement of fumigants and or bait for effective removal of gophers.

Using water to flush them out

Flooding can work on farms where the whole crop area is flooded and there is nowhere for a gopher to go. On your property you are going to try to flood the gopher with a water holse in the hole. The problem is the water usually never fills up the tunnel system and the gopher simply raises his nose above the water line until you begin to worry about the water bill in Monrovia and shut off the water off.

Repellent

No repellents in Monrovia available at the present time that have been shown to provide good Gopher Extermination. Several plants, such as gopher purge and cantor bean have been said to offer control, but these claims have never been proved. If they really worked to get rid of gophers you would not be reading this site.

Keeping gophers out of your yard using physical barriers can be effective for small areas. Any large project, such as placing fencing around the perimeter of your backyard would cost too much. Plus this would at best only give short-term control. At some point gophers find a way in.

Above ground flower beds can be protected by placing a 1/4 inch galvanized hardware cloth under the bed and securing it to the 2×6 wood frame before filling with soil in your yard.

Calif DFG position

When gophers are causing damage to you Monrovia property, they are allowed to be taken by any legal means. Allowable methods include gopher traps and poison bait placed by the owner or tenant of the property. Any poison bait used to kill gophers must be registered for gophers on the product label and follow the instructions carefully.

Rodent Guys Rodent Company

We will come out to provide Gopher Extermination services in Monrovia using the best methods based on each situation such as fumigation. Depending on tunnel locations poison baits are used instead of fumigation of tunnels. Gopher Extermination is a tough job for the novice, we have a lot of experience with it.

Captured two Gophers

This is founder of Rodent Guys, Nick Nielsen, with 2 gophers, one caught in a gopher trap and one controlled with strychnine. Nick and his team of Gopher Extermination experts will be showing off trophies like these at the end of your project.

We Service Most areas in the following counties:

Los Angeles County, Ventura, San Bernardino County, Orange County and Riverside County